diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 94b9e831..2a978e2f 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Crystalline"
 uuid = "ae5e2be0-a263-11e9-351e-f94dad1eb351"
 authors = ["Thomas Christensen <tchr@mit.edu>"]
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.9"
 
 [deps]
 Combinatorics = "861a8166-3701-5b0c-9a16-15d98fcdc6aa"
diff --git a/src/Crystalline.jl b/src/Crystalline.jl
index 3952cbcc..cefde1a6 100644
--- a/src/Crystalline.jl
+++ b/src/Crystalline.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import Base: getindex, setindex!,      # → iteration/AbstractArray interface
              string, isapprox, zero,
              readuntil, vec, show, summary,
              +, -, ∘, ==, ImmutableDict,
-             isone, one
+             isone, one,
+             convert
 import LinearAlgebra: inv
 import Random                 # → `_Uniform` in src/utils.jl
 import Random: rand           # ⤶
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 4a575300..2427c576 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -8,18 +8,30 @@ for T in (:DirectBasis, :ReciprocalBasis)
         @doc """
             $($T){D} <: Basis{D}
 
-        - `vecs::NTuple{D, SVector{D, Float64}}`
+        - `vecs::SVector{D, SVector{D,Float64}}`
         """
         struct $T{D} <: Basis{D}
-              vecs::SVector{D,SVector{D,Float64}}
+            vecs::SVector{D, SVector{D,Float64}}
+            $T{D}(vecs::SVector{D, SVector{D,Float64}}) where D = new{D}(vecs)
+            $T(vecs::SVector{D, SVector{D,Float64}}) where D    = new{D}(vecs)
         end
     end
-    @eval $T(Rs::NTuple{D,AbstractVector{<:Real}}) where D = $T{D}(SVector{D,Float64}.(Rs))
-    @eval $T(Rs::NTuple{D,NTuple{D,<:Real}}) where D = $T{D}(SVector{D,Float64}.(Rs))
-    @eval $T(Rs::AbstractVector{<:Real}...) = $T(Rs)
-    @eval $T(Rs::NTuple{D,<:Real}...) where D = $T{D}(SVector{D,Float64}.(Rs))
-    @eval $T(Rs::AbstractVector{<:Real}) = (D=length(Rs); $T{D}(SVector{D,Float64}.(Rs)))
-end
+    @eval function convert(::Type{$T{D}}, Vs::StaticVector{D, <:StaticVector{D, <:Real}}) where D
+        $T{D}(convert(SVector{D, SVector{D, Float64}}, Vs))
+    end
+    @eval $T{D}(Vs::NTuple{D, SVector{D, Float64}}) where D = $T{D}(SVector{D}(Vs))
+    @eval $T(Vs::NTuple{D, SVector{D, Float64}}) where D = $T{D}(Vs)
+    @eval $T{D}(Vs::NTuple{D, NTuple{D,<:Real}}) where D = $T{D}(SVector{D,Float64}.(Vs))
+    @eval $T(Vs::NTuple{D, NTuple{D,<:Real}}) where D = $T{D}(Vs)
+    @eval $T{D}(Vs::AbstractVector{<:Real}...) where D = $T{D}(convert(SVector{D, SVector{D, Float64}}, Vs))
+    @eval $T(Vs::AbstractVector{<:Real}...) = $T{length(Vs)}(Vs...)
+    @eval $T{D}(Vs::StaticVector{D,<:Real}...) where D = $T{D}(Vs) # resolve ambiguities w/
+    @eval $T(Vs::StaticVector{D,<:Real}...) where D = $T{D}(Vs)    # `::StaticArray` methods
+end
+
+# Fix a bug in StaticArrays: https://github.com/JuliaArrays/StaticArrays.jl/issues/915
+# TODO: Remove when fixed upstream
+Base.abs2(a::StaticArray) = LinearAlgebra.norm_sqr(a)
 
 vecs(Vs::Basis) = Vs.vecs
 # define the AbstractArray interface for DirectBasis{D}